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Match Centre: New England vs Chicago Fire

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Major League Soccer Eastern Conference Sun 18 Oct

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Home New England

Polster 26′

Full-time 1:0
Away Chicago Fire

Player of the match Matt Turner 8.3

GolVolt ratingHighlights will do 4.9/10 more watchable than 49% of MLS matches Race for the top places, keeper Turner: 6 saves. How we rate

GolVolt rating 4.9GolVolt rating

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The match in 30 seconds

Turning point: 26' Polster, 1:0
  1. 1.3 xG

    New England kept a clean sheet against 1.3 xG.

  2. 38% → 95%

    New England: chance of winning before kick-off and after minute 93.

  3. 6 → 4

    New England climb 2 places in the table. Chicago Fire stay in place 7.

The turning point is the biggest jump in the match: after the goal for 1:0, from 33% to 56% (New England).

How the match went

One minute axis for every view. The discs along the bottom are the goals.

90+4' · 1:0New England 95%draw 5%Chicago Fire 0%

Key stats

38% Possession 62%
0.37 xG (expected goals) 1.29
5 Shots 19
4 On target 6
0 Big chances 1
0 Corners 10
All stats (23)

Why this rating

Four pillars, each measured against the same league over the last 12 months.

How we rate

Race for the top places, keeper Turner: 6 saves.

  • Dramaweight 50% Settled by 86′.The result was clear early — little to hold on for. Drama: 3.0 out of 10
  • Heroesweight 20% Keeper Turner: 6 saves. Heroes: 8.5 out of 10
  • Stakesweight 15% Race for the top places. Stakes: 8.7 out of 10
  • Quality of playweight 15% Few chances and few shots. Quality of play: 3.2 out of 10

Match ECG

A spike = a twist. The shading = how open the result still was.

Worth watching: Highlights will do

GolVolt rating 4.9more watchable than 49% of MLS matches

The GolVolt rating comes from four pillars — drama, heroes, stakes and quality of play — measured against this league's matches of the last 12 months (model nap-v2).

Similar matches

A similar story: twists, the finish, chances. Same league, last 12 months.

How the match went

1 goal2 cards

Counts cover only events captured in the retained timeline.

Timeline

  1. 26' Goal: Matt Polsterright foot · assist: Gil1:0
  2. Half-time · 1:0
  3. 58' Andrew Gutmanyellow card · foul
  4. 65' SubstitutionGazdag for Langoni
  5. 67' 2 substitutionsAllen for GutmanDithejane for Bamba
  6. 68' SubstitutionMekvabishvili for D'Avilla
  7. 75' SubstitutionYueill for Sands
  8. 79' Ethan Kohleryellow card · foul
  9. 79' SubstitutionGómez for Barroso
  10. 86' SubstitutionBeason for Feingold
  11. 87' SubstitutionBaker for Turgeman
  12. Full-time · 1:0

Match stats

Shooting

0.37 xG (expected goals) 1.29
5 Shots 19
4 On target 6
0 Big chances 1
1 Off target 3
0 Blocked 10
3 Inside the box 12
2 Outside the box 7
0 Big chances missed 1

Play

38% Possession 62%
0 Corners 10
363 Passes 573
85% Pass accuracy 90%
5 Key passes 13
64 Attacks 133
20 Dangerous attacks 70

Defence

14 Tackles 21
10 Interceptions 2
6 Saves 3

Discipline

9 Fouls 17
1 Offsides 1
1 Yellow cards 1
0 Red cards 0

Lineups and ratings

The highlighted rating is the player of the match.

Starting XIs · provider ratings

4-3-3 –4-3-3
Bench

New England

Chicago Fire

Match sheet

Coaches
Marko Mitrovic New England Gregg Berhalter Chicago Fire
Stadium
Boston Stadium, Foxborough

Player ratings

Ratings from the data provider, scale 1–10.

  1. Player of the match · New England Matt Turner 8.29
  2. 2. place · New England Joshua Wynder 7.52
  3. 3. place · New England Peyton Miller 7.46
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Absences

New England · 1 out

  • Leonardo Campana Injured

    since 23 Mar · return date unknown · 27 matches missed · Muscle Injury

Chicago Fire · 1 out

  • André Franco Injured

    since 2 Oct 2025 · return date unknown · 45 matches missed · Cruciate Ligament Injury

Injuries and suspensions as reported for this match.

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